There was agony, and then there was ecstasy. Kerala lost the Ranji Trophy final against Vidarbha in Nagpur—by conceding the first innings lead—after having one hand on the cup. Nevertheless, the team would still take it, finishing second-best in India’s premier First Class tournament out of 32 teams.
Kerala’s 2024-25 Ranji Trophy season was a rollercoaster of sorts. With the tournament being played in two halves for the first time, there were a lot of variables. It managed to win only three out of the seven league games, with two of the matches against Karnataka and Bengal getting washed out. The qualification was tricky and the match against Madhya Pradesh went down to the wire. The quarterfinal against Jammu and Kashmir and the semifinal against Gujarat at Ahmedabad were downright thrillers—until it ran into its perpetual nemesis in Vidarbha.
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